A chilling first picture has emerged of the suspected knife attacker who rampaged through a Sydney shopping centre leaving at least four people dead and a “baby stabbed”.
Wearing shorts and what appears to be a sports jersey the dark-haired man can be seen on an escalator holding what appears to be a large knife.
Australian media said four people had died and more had been injured by a man stabbing people at the Westfield Bondi Junction centre in Sydney.
New South Wales Police said in a statement: “A critical incident has commenced following the shooting of a male at Bondi Junction.
“Just before 4pm, emergency services were called to Westfield Bondi Junction following reports of multiple people stabbed.”
News website news.com.au reported witnesses claiming a man began stabbing shoppers at random before being shot by police.
The Australian website reported that a nine-month-old baby was among those who were stabbed.
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Witness Roi Huberman, an ABC sound engineer, told the network that he sheltered in a store during the incident.
He said: “And suddenly we heard a shot or maybe two shots and we didn’t know what to do, then the very capable person in the store took us to the back where it can be locked. She then locked the store and then she then let us through the back and now we are out.”
